kissy

Related to kissy: Kizi

kissy face

1. An amorous facial expression with puckered lips, mimicking the action of a kiss. The phrase is sometimes hyphenated or spelled as a single word. There's a woman across the bar making kissy faces at me. Why do you always make that silly kissyface whenever we take a photo together?
2. The act of kissing. There was just a little kissy-face between us—nothing more. The kids always squirm whenever they see any kissy face between their dad and me.
See also: face, kissy

play kissy-face (with someone)

1. To kiss someone amorously, especially in public. The model and movie star has reportedly been playing kissy-face with an unknown love interest. The teacher yelled at the two students for playing kissy-face in the back of class.
2. To ingratiate oneself to someone through excessively flattering, fawning, or solicitous overtures. Many of his constituents have accused him of playing kissy-face with senators of the other party in order to get his tax bill through.
See also: play

play kissy-kissy (with someone)

1. To kiss someone amorously, especially in public. The model and movie star has reportedly been playing kissy-kissy with an unknown love interest. The teacher yelled at the two students for playing kissy-kissy in the back of class.
2. To ingratiate oneself to someone through excessively flattering, fawning, or solicitous overtures. Many of his constituents have accused him of playing kissy-kissy with senators of the other party in order to get his tax bill through.
See also: play
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

play kissy-face (or kissy-kissy)

behave in an excessively friendly way in order to gain favour. informal
See also: play
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • kissy face
  • kissyface
  • fish-kiss
  • in demand
  • Can do
  • can-do
  • bleeding edge
  • high old
  • hit or miss
  • hit-and-miss
References in periodicals archive
Do you see any of Kissy in the dog in "Sylvia" (played on Broadway by Annaleigh Ashford)?
KISSY SELL OUT, RAY FOXX, UNION DJs, MC COBRA, Arena, M'bro Tomorrow Entry pounds 6
I wanted to make sure that if people only hear one thing by Kissy Sell Out, it would be this."
Kissy for Afterparty RADIO 1 star Kissy Sell Out, right, will headline the launch of a new era at Afterparty.
BORIS AND KISSY Boris is a British bulldog and Kissy is an Arabian cat.
Kissy Sell Out and Kutski, who currently host shows once a month on Radio 1, will be given weekly slots and Judge Jules will move two hours earlier to 11pm on Friday.
The half pouting kissy lips, the sucked in cheeks--it's all there.
12 and 14 during rebel raids on Kissy, just outside of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.
As one of her works has it: Love Goodness Kissy Kissy.
Now Yvette Cooper says parading spouses is outdated and she won't be doing public kissy stuff with hubby Ed Balls if she is the Labour leader.
AFTER bringing Kissy Sell Out to the city in October, new club night Subvert has a cracking show lined up for November.
Hi Kissy, whereabouts in the world are you right now?
"In my opinion, Coventry is fast becoming one of the highest grade tracks in the country and even the likes of our Missy Kissy, who can't get on the card at Yarmouth at the moment because they have got enough 28.20sec class greyhounds there, will probably get into an A2 at Coventry.